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Well-Known PH Struck By Leopard

(posted July 01, 2008)

Another PH has been attacked by a leopard in the field. This time it was Doug Scandrol of Scandrol & Swanepoel Safaris. He was attacked while hunting in Zambia yesterday. Luckily, he was not seriously hurt and in an e-mail sent to The Hunting Report from Lusaka, he said that he is returning to the field today to finish guiding his client's safari.

The attack took place yesterday morning in Zambia's Mumbwa GMA Concession where Scandrol was following up on a leopard that a client had wounded the evening before. Scandrol and his team reportedly bumped into the leopard, which charged at close distance. Scandrol shot the animal in midair as it launched itself at him, but the leopard crashed into him and bit him on the right forearm and shoulder. Scandrol had the shotgun wedged between him and the cat and managed to simply sit down and throw the leopard up over himself. The cat died later at a distance.

Scandrol was evacuated to a hospital in Luska for treatment and is in good condition and taking antibiotics. "I am fine," he said in his e-mail note. "This has absolutely no impact on the balance of my season. I just got chewed on a bit."

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